Sacramento daily record-union., 1887-08-15
cell door open and again closed. He has

cell door open and again closed. He has
all the attention possible.
After wandering considerably and ram
bling at great length about imaginary fear
| Of fellow prisoners, Campbell grew ra-
| tional and stated that he was convicted of
| robbery in Marcn, 1885 and sentenced for
four years. He presented pi;iable ap-
pearance.
jeremiah Murphy, former inmate of
the Stockton Asylum, stated in gruff tones
that he was caught in Havwards over some
rse-and-buggy trouble, surrendered the
property to the Marshal and was sentenced
for short term. He has been in here
fifteen months, and has had all the food
and clothes he wants. He was kept in
Stockton six years and got two dollars for
all that work. The doctor explained that
Murphy was an insane prisoner, incarcer-
ated not for any crime, and was captured
as an escape from Stockton. The treat
ment was kind and beneficial for the sub
ject.
Henry Z. Baker, lately released from sol
itary, was next brought in. He said that
while in solitary, he had as good fare as he
expected. He did not understand why the
| other prisoners were telling such groundless
stories about the officers. You see" said
the witness, " the scheme was hatched up
by the other prisoners. 1t was job to get
the officials into trouble. An Examiner
reporter named Lawrence was here, and
| visited several of the prisoners in the cor
ridor. The prisoners agreed on the story
they would tell, complaining of the lack of
exercise, poor food, etc. The convicts
talked about it among themselves from cell
to cell. | was spoken to about it. | heard
all about the job, and the stories of Abbott,
Knight and other convicts. One of the
boys said that Lawrence's brother used to
run with him in San Francisco. The re-
porter was outside taking down the stories
as each one agreed to tell his
The witness was cross-examined severely
by Directors Filcher and Boggs, and he
stated that he believed the object his fell
low-convicts had in an investigation was to
oust the present management of the insti-
tuition and get tranferred perhaps, to San
Quentin. He had no fear of telling the
truth in the matter.
James Winters, one of the most murder
| Gus villains on the coast, was next brought
In. He feigns insanity, but his acting was
completely knocked out by the questions
which Director Boggs piled to him.
James McCarty, the next witness called,
stated | am here to serve five wears for
petty larceny, second offense, from San
francisco. Have been in the solitary
twenty-one days. Don't know why, but
suppose UecdlSe SOME lOD was put up on
me by other prisoners. They scheme
against one another. Officers should not
believe the stories told by prisoners. Have
no complaint against officers otherwise.
The next " solitary" individual called
was Ah Ching in for fifteen years for burg
larry. He has been in solitary for twenty
| three moons. When asked what he was in
close confinement for he replied Z" no no
Captain he no like me. He catchee $50
| my money. Me heap eaten bean not
muchee good. Just now Club heap good
since l1th last July. Me no walkee ten
moons
The officers testified to his being vender
| of opium. He had been placed in confine-
ment several times for the same offense.
| When he was released last time, next day
was found with $50 on his person for the
purpose of purchasing contraband goods.
James Mccarthy, in for five years for
| petit larceny, says he is in solitary, and
| don't know what for He was charged
with bringing opium in prison.
Father Gualco, and Peter McGraw,
guard. told what they knew about the
prison management. They knew of no
cases of cruelty. The prison is kept neat
and clean, and the prison fair unexcep-
tional
This ended the investigation and the
Board went into executive session They
remained in session all night.
YesteI days Proceedings.
The Commission reassembled at 10
O'Clock and spent an hour in routine work.